An encounter with the St Petersburg artist and critic Marina Koldobskaya opened a series of discussions, excursions and lectures for the public held in the halls of the museum that have been prepared by the Youth Centre for the Jan Fabre exhibition.

On 24 October 2016, the Atrium of the General Staff became the setting for the first concert evening of a joint programme between the Hermitage and the Leningrad Dixieland band led by Honoured Artist of Russia Oleg Kuvaitsev.

The Concert Hall of the Winter Palace was the venue for the concert evening Japanese Painting and Music in the cycle Concert Evenings in the Concert Hall of the Winter Palace. Art and Music. West and East.

The Concert Hall of the Winter Palace was the venue for the concert evening “The Little Flowers of St Francis of Assisi” The Murals of the Church of San Francesco in Assisi, Italy in the cycle Concert Evenings in the Concert Hall of the Winter Palace. Art and Music. West and East.

The students of the Art Workshop section at the Hermitage Youth Centre (headed by N.V. Kruglova) traditionally prepared and held two workshops for children as part of the annual festival “Days of Classics”.

On 19 April 2015, a lecture by one of the most famous contemporary architects Daniel Libeskind, founder and chief architect of Libeskind Studio (New York, USA), was held in the Atrium of the General Staff Building.